1. Genes in different chromosomes ______ during meiosis. Genes that are very close together in the same chromosome are ______. a. do not assort independently; linked b. do not assort independently; unrelated c. assort independently; linked d. assort independently; unrelated

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1. Genes in different chromosomes ______ during meiosis. Genes that are very close together in the same chromosome are ______.

a. do not assort independently; linked
b. do not assort independently; unrelated
c. assort independently; linked
d. assort independently; unrelated
 
2.  Suppose that codons consisted of 4 nucleotides instead of 3 and that there were only 2 different bases.

How many amino acids could be encoded by this variant of the genetic code?

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